True Sox fans dress the part

CaptionRobert Cervantes, 40, car detailer, Chicago

Phil Velasquez, Chicago Tribune

How would you rank yourself as a Sox fan? "Die-hard. Want to see my basement?" he says, reaching for his cell phone. "I just camcorded it. It's all White Sox." As the video rolls on the tiny phone screen: "I've got lights, signs. The rug. Oh yeah, you've got the right guy. I've even got the dream seat (a Sox recliner). Nothing but the best. Balls, bats, gloves … I spent at least 12 grand." Also amazing: "My wife (Virginia) is a Cubs fan. Our bedroom is one-half Cubs, one-half Sox. The minute I leave she turns my Sox stuff over. She goes to Wrigley, but I won't go with her."

How would you rank yourself as a Sox fan? "Die-hard. Want to see my basement?" he says, reaching for his cell phone. "I just camcorded it. It's all White Sox." As the video rolls on the tiny phone screen: "I've got lights, signs. The rug. Oh yeah, you've got the right guy. I've even got the dream seat (a Sox recliner). Nothing but the best. Balls, bats, gloves … I spent at least 12 grand." Also amazing: "My wife (Virginia) is a Cubs fan. Our bedroom is one-half Cubs, one-half Sox. The minute I leave she turns my Sox stuff over. She goes to Wrigley, but I won't go with her." (Phil Velasquez, Chicago Tribune)

That sweatshirt's a little big: "It's mine," explains his mom, Dawn, at the game with sons Danny, Matt and Mike. "I got it for Mother's Day last year." Will the Sox win the pennant this year? Mike Judd, 13: "If they keep playin' like this, no!" Matt Judd, 10: "Heck, yeah they're going to win. Where's your confidence, Mike?"

That sweatshirt's a little big: "It's mine," explains his mom, Dawn, at the game with sons Danny, Matt and Mike. "I got it for Mother's Day last year." Will the Sox win the pennant this year? Mike Judd, 13: "If they keep playin' like this, no!" Matt Judd, 10: "Heck, yeah they're going to win. Where's your confidence, Mike?" (Phil Velasquez, Chicago Tribune)